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The warning of Judges
The book of Judges offers sobering lessons for the present day but will they be heeded?

Polling expert: No 'public consent' for assisted suicide
People are concerned about the safeguards of the assisted suicide bill.

Street preacher arrested in Watford
Footage has circulated online of a Christian pastor being arrested while street preaching at the weekend.

US monitoring case of pastor arrested in abortion clinic buffer zone
Pastor Johnston made no mention of abortion while within the zone.

Pastor killed after Russian strike on Baptist church
Russia struck a Baptist church in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia this week, killing at least one person, a minister, and injuring at least eight others.

Reflections on turning 75
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster shares her reflections and wisdom of the years as she turns 75.

Which type of tree did Zacchaeus actually climb?
20 April is the feast day of Zacchaeus of Jericho. We all know the account of Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus. However, it turns out not to have been a sycamore tree at all. This is the story …

Global Church leaders urge renewed focus on cities as key to spreading the Gospel
The Lausanne Movement is urging Christians around the world to see cities as one of the most important frontiers for mission, as rapid urbanisation continues to reshape where and how people live.

Pro-lifers show Parliament harsh reality of abortion up to birth
Under the changes, a woman who terminates her pregnancy by herself after the 24-week limit will not face any legal sanctions.

SNP 'conversion therapy' ban would be 'fundamentally illiberal'
SNP support has dropped, but they are still the frontrunners for next month's elections.

Franklin Graham pushes back against Pope's war comments amid war of words with Trump
Graham told Piers Morgan that while he did not want or support war, there was justification for it "when you're fighting evil".

Archbishop of Canterbury joins Pope in call for peace
The Pope has been outspoken against the latest war in the Middle East.

Church warden murder conviction quashed as Court of Appeal orders retrial
The Court of Appeal has overturned the murder conviction of Benjamin Field, the former church warden jailed in 2019 for the death of university lecturer Peter Farquhar, in a significant ruling that reopens one of the UK’s most complex criminal cases.

Christians in UK feel free to worship but sense growing cultural pressure - report
Nearly half of Christians surveyed for the report said that expressing their beliefs in public has become more difficult over the past five years.

New study casts doubt on talk of religious revival in US
Speculation about a possible religious revival in the US has been contradicted by new nationwide research suggesting that little has changed with Americans’ faith habits or identities over the past year.

Prosecution numbers suggest 'uncertainty' around legality of assisted suicide
CPS guidelines introduced by Keir Starmer may mean an effective blind eye is being turned to some assisted suicides.